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I finally received my first ebay vintage razor. It appeared to be in fairly good condition and to my surprise the edge was really in good shape.
The razor is a Le Grelot 151 5/8.
I removed most of the rust with some extra fine grit sandpaper and some wd-40. It's all honed up and will give it a test drive in the morning.
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She's a beauty.
Post a photo in the SOTD thread.
Looks in great condition, shave well.
Extra fine grit and wd 40 is this standard proceedure? I'm a total newb just purchased my first 3 razors still waiting for them to arrive but I want to try my hand at light restoration and I was wondering if I should pick up a dremel type tool for buffing ? or will sand paper and wd40 do? EDIT: Sorry for the double posting of this question I thought this one did not go through.Quote:
Originally Posted by Badgister
Beautiful blade, congratulations.
Good work, I would polish it a bit better so that it's shining more uniformely.
Thanks! What would you recommend for polishing? A finer grit sandpaper? A compound of some sort?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sterm
The easiest to find are:
Car polish on cotton wad or paper by hand
Then finish with toothpaste.
Very nice! I still haven't gotten my hands on a Le Grelot, but someday...
John
Thanks, I'll give it a tryQuote:
Originally Posted by Sterm
Does anyone have an idea what grind this razor has? Could it be a quarter hollow?
Don't think so, we would need a photo of the blade taken from front.
From what I can see it's at least 1/2 hollow.
Half hollow sound's about right. the front of the blade looks more like a full hollow, but it has the stiffness and heft of a half hollow.
Stiffness is depending on the grind AND on the steel, more precisely the heath treatment of the steel. Especially in france razors you can find some stiffer steel than the typical Solingen.
